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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 
Waite, Davip. The effect of oxygen in 
stratigraphic relations of the ‘‘Ceratops coal, 
Beds” of Wyoming and Montana. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., No. 383, 
Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 11, Mea to) Eos 
No. 3, Aug. 14, 1909, pp. 239-293. eg 
Based partly on a study of specimens in 
the U. S. National Museum. 
PALEONTOLOGY. 
ARNOLD, Raupu, and RoBERT ANDERSON. | Berry, Epwarp W. A new Cretaceous 
Geology and oil resources of the Coa- 
linga District, California. 
Bull. U. 8S. Geol. Surv., No. 398, 
1910, pp. 1-354, pls. 1-52. 
Illustrates the characteristic fossils of 
the district, the specimens used being 
Museum material. 
Basser, R.S. Dendroid graptolites of 
the | Niagaran dolomites at | Hamil- 
ton, Ontario | compiled by | Ray S. 
Bassler, | Curator, Division of Inver- 
tebrate Paleontology, | U.S. National 
Museum | (Seal) | Washington | 
Government Printing Office | 1909. 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 65, 
July 10, 1909, pp. i-ix, 1-76, pls. 
1-5. 
This bulletin, which is a compilation 
based partly upon manuscript left by the 
late Dr. R. R. Gurley, contains descrip- 
tions of the genera and species of grapto- 
lites from the Silurian dolomites at Ham- 
iltcn, Ontario, with an introduction dis- 
cussing the history of the manuscript, 
methods of photographing these organ- 
isms, and the geology of the region. 
Based partly upon material in the U. 8. 
National Museum. 
— Adequacy of the paleontologic 
record. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., 76, No. 6, June, 
1910, pp. 586-589. 
This is one of a series of papers delivered 
before the Paleontologic Society, at the 
1909 meeting at Boston in a conference 
upon the Paleontologic Record. 
Berry, Epwarp W. Pleistocene swamp 
deposits in Virginia. 
Amer. Naturalist, 43, July, 1909, 
pp. 432-436. 
Contributions to the Mesozoic 
flora of the Atlantic coastal plain. Iv. 
Maryland. 
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 37, Jan., 
1910, pp. 19-29, 1 pl. 
A new species of Dewalquea from 
the American Cretaceous. 
Torreya, 10, No. 2, Feb., 1910, pp. 
34-38, 1 fig. 
Bauhinia from Alabama. 
Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 29, 
Mar., 1910, pp. 256-258, 1 fig. 
Contributions to the Mesozoic 
flora of the Atlantic coastal plain. v. 
North Carolina. 
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 37, Apr. 
1910, pp. 181-200, pls. 19-24. 
Additions to the Pleistocene flora 
of Alabama. 
Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 29, 
May, 1910, pp. 387-398, figs. 1-3. 
A revision of the fossil plants of 
the genus Nageiopsis of Fontaine. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, No. 
1738, June 6, 1910, pp. 185-195, 
figs. 1, 2. 
CLARKE, JoHN M. Early Devonic his- 
tory of New York and eastern North 
America. 
N. Y. State Mus., Mem. 9, Pt. 1, 
1908, pp. 1-366, pls. 1-48; Pt. 2, 
1909, pp. 1-250, pls. 1-34. 
Many Museum specimens are used in 
the descriptions and illustrations. 
Dati, WituiamM Heatey. Conditions 
governing the evolution and distribu- 
tion of Tertiary faunas. 
Journ. Geol. 17, Sept.-Oct., 1909, 
pp. 493-502. 
A discussion based on the Tertiary col- 
lections of the U. S. National Museum. 
A new Floridian Amnicola. 
Nautilus, 24, No. 1, May, 1910, 
p. 2. 
Amnicola harperi is described as new 
from Lake Panasoffkee, Florida. The 
types are in the National Museum. 
GitmMorE, CHARLES W. A new rhyncho- 
cephalian reptile from the Jurassic of 
Wyoming, with notes on the fauna of 
‘Quarry 9.”’ 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 37, No. 
1698, Oct. 15, 1909, pp. 35-42, pl. 
11, figs. 1-3. 
Describes and figures the new genus and 
species, Opisthias rarus. 
